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The smoke from the California has reached New York City -- 3,000 miles away.A map from the National Weather Service shows the smoke spreading across the country.Thankfully for those on the East Coast, the smoke is more than a mile above the surface, so nobody can see or smell it. But it's rare...
22:54
Three boys were beaten up by a mob for allegedly stealing a goat in West Bengal's Malda district today, police said. The three, aged around 17, were trying to flee Raipur village near here after stealing a goat but local people caught hold of them, they said.The mob thrashed them....
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Nagaland Governor P B Acharya today sought apology from Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for his outlandish Naga headgear remark, saying it isunacceptable.The governor also called for having inner line permit system to check illegal migrants in the state.Interacting with senior journalists based in the...
22:29
After weeks of deliberations with the army, the defence ministry has devised a standardised protocol for closure of any road in cantonments across the country, asserting that emergent security needs of the force have been taken into consideration. In May, the defence ministry decided to...
22:12
Dalit leaders of the NDA led by LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan today congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the passage of a bill in Parliament to amend the atrocities act. The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment bill which overturns...
21:46
Donald Trump is a racist who has used the N-word repeatedly, Omarosa Manigault Newman, once the most prominent African American in the White House, claims in a searing memoir.The future US president was caught on mic uttering the taboo racial slur multiple times during the making of his reality...
21:34
Suburban train services on the Central Railway's Main Line and Harbour Line were affected in Mumbai, as hundreds of motormen decided to go on strike on Friday.According to Mid-Day, 558 motormen of the Central Railway Mazdoor Sangh had earlier submitted a letter to the authorities, saying that...
21:03
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday questioned as to why Prime Minister Narendra Modi continued to remain silent over incidents of alleged rapes in the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.Gandhi, who was addressing a rally after inaugurating a new party office, said The prime...
20:45
The United States administration has quietly started cutting scores of Pakistani officers from coveted training and educational programmes that have been a hallmark of bilateral military relations for more than a decade, according to a Reuters report.The move, which has not been previously...
20:22
Debt-ridden Air India has again failed to disburse the salaries of their employees on time for the fifth consecutive month. The people working for the national carrier are yet to receive their payment for the month of July.Angry over the organisation for defaulting on salary, General Secretary of...
19:46
Nearly one lakh people would form a 650 km-long human chain in Rajasthan covering Sriganganagar, Bikaner, Jaisalmer and Barmer districts. Jaisalmer collector Om Prakash Kasera said the participants will give the message of patriotism and pride for the nation in the event 'Shahadat ko...
19:33
The Maldives wants India to withdraw military helicopters and personnel posted there following the expiry of an agreement in June, its envoy said, the latest snub to Delhi by President Abdulla Yameen's China-backed government.India and China are going head to head in the Maldives, the Indian...
19:18
Four people -- including two local police officers -- have been killed in a shooting in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton.While the circumstances of the shooting remain unclear, police said on Friday morning that they had taken one suspect into custody and noted that the investigation is...
18:49
The Monsoon session of Parliament, which ended today, was the most productive for Lok Sabha since 2000, a think tank has said. According to the data compiled by PRS Legislative Research, 20 bills were introduced during the session and 12 were passed.The Lok Sabha, it said, worked for...
18:18
The Centre today assured the Kerala government of all possible help in rescue and relief operations in the wake of rains and floods, which so far have claimed 26 lives in the state.The assurance was given to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who will also...
18:04
The army has rescued around 70 tourists stranded in a resort in Munnar.Access to the resort was cut off due to a landslide. Of the 70 tourists, 20 are believed to be foreigners.The army, which has been deployed in the flood-hit areas in Kerala, will be evacuating the tourists using...
17:38
Police in eastern Canadian city of Fredericton say 4 dead in shooting; circumstances unclear, reports AP
17:38
Mumbai: 211 students of a BMC school No 4 in Shivaji Nagar have been admitted to Rajawadi Hospital and 36 children have been admitted to Shatabdi Hospital after consuming some tablets distributed in the school. One girl student died earlier today.
17:23
Debt-ridden Air India has again failed to disburse the salaries of their employees on time for the fifth consecutive month. The people working for the national carrier are yet to receive their payment for the month of July.Angry over the organisation for defaulting on salary, General...
17:04
Amid speculations about Pakistan's Prime Minister-in-waiting Imran Khan's swearing-in dates, the Pakistani media ran a report quoting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Senator Faisal Javed saying that the former would take oath on August 18.It was being speculated that Khan would take the oath prior to...
17:02
India's high commissioner to Pakistan meets Imran Khan ahead of his swearing-in on August 18. The meeting lasted for 40 minutes.
16:48
Pakistan's Prime Minister-in-waiting Imran Khan today tendered an unconditional written apology to the election commission for violating the secrecy of the ballot, removing the last possible hurdle in his swearing-in next week.The Election Commission of Pakistan, in a 3-1 vote, accepted the...
16:36
The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die today, as the Monsoon Session ended after passing 21 laws, including one to amend the SC/ST Act and another relating to the Fugitive Economic Offenders.Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said the session has been the more productive and safisfactory compared to the...
16:06
A property belonging to fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in Mumbai has been bought for Rs 3.51 crore by a city-based trust in an auction. The Saifee Burhani Upliftment Trust has bought the property, situated at Bhendi Bazar in South Mumbai for Rs 3.51 crore in the auction held...
15:46
The Centre today told the Supreme Court it does not concur with the Tamil Nadu government's proposal to release seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, saying remission of their sentence will set a dangerous precedent and have international ramifications. A bench of justices...
15:40
Mid-day meals for 4.6 crore children for a year. One day's wages for 200 million workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS). About 6 million new latrines. And at least 10 more Mars missions. These were some of the things that could have been...
15:12
After videos showing vehicles being vandalised by Kanwariyas across northern states went viral on social media, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the police to take strict action against those responsible for erupting violence and breaching laws.A three-judge bench of the apex court,...
14:59
I can make a better Rafale (fighter aircraft), please give me the contract. This caustic remark attacking the BJP-led government was made in the Lok Sabha by Congress MP Sunil Jakhar today, before his party members staged a walkout after a noisy protest demanding the setting up of a joint...
14:38
Local authorities have been pushed to delay plans to demolish a new mosque in northwest China after a rare protest by hundreds of Muslims from the ethnic Hui group on Thursday. Read more
14:26
Around 70 people are stranded in a resort in Munnar after the roads to the resort were blocked due to a landslide. Of the 70 tourists, 20 are believed to be foreigners.The army, which has been deployed in the flood-hit areas in Kerala, will be evacuating the tourists using helicopters. The...
14:05
Producer Ekta Kapoor is the latest celebrity to join the nepotism debate, saying not only star kids but outsiders should also be a given a chance in the industry. Ekta, who is launching two new actors --Avinash Tiwary and Tripti Dimri-- in her upcoming production Laila Majnu, in the promotional...
13:39
Sagarika Ghose reacts to the expunging of the PM's remarks: When the permission to be abusive comes from the very top, social media trolls follow the leader..
13:38
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comments about BK Hariprasad, the Congress MP who was a candidate in the August 9 Rajya Sabha deputy chairperson election, have been expunged from the records. PM Modi's comments were delivered after Hariprasad lost the election to the NDA's Harivansh Narayan...
13:16
Emergency executive meeting of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has been called on August 14 at the party office in Chennai.
13:01
The lawyer of Vaibhav Raut, who was arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad earlier today for allegedly storing suspicious material at his residence, claimed that his client was not informed about the arrest.Speaking to ANI, Raut's lawyer, Sanjiv Punalekar, claimed that the former...
12:38
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the CBI's appeal challenging the acquittal of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the 2008 twin murder case of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. A bench headed by Justices Ranjan Gogoi said the CBI's appeal would be heard along with...
12:14
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra to be flag bearer for the Indian contingent at Asian Games 2018.
12:10
The Supreme Court today directed the police to act against those Kanwariyas who indulge in vandalism and take the law in their hands. The Delhi Police yesterday made the first arrest in the case where the Kanwariyas went on a rampage and damaged a Hyundai i10 car near Moti Nagar. A 26-year-old...
11:55
The Anti-Terrorism Squad of Maharashtra police has seized explosives from the house of a suspected member of a right-wing Hindu organisation at Nallasopara in Palghar district of the state, and arrested him, a police official said today. The ATS sleuths raided the residence and shop of the...
11:47
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has apologised for his controversial statement that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had a self-centred attitude to become India's first prime minister even though Mahatma Gandhi was in favour of Muhammad Ali Jinnah taking the top post at that time.In view of the flak...
11:25
Naxals on late Thursday night set fire to several vehicles engaged in road construction work in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district. The incident took place around 2:30 am near Bacheli town where the road construction work was going on.A group of more than 40 armed Naxals stormed the...
11:12
On the last day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament today, the much-debated Triple Talaq Bill will be tabled in Rajya Sabha.UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi joined her party leaders and leaders from other parties like the CPI-M, RJD and AAP outside Parliament House demanding a JPC on the Rafale...
10:51
Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said the number of people excluded from the draft National Register of Citizens in the state will drastically change at the end of the process of claims and objections. The final draft of the NRC in the state is not a major issue as it is not the...
10:36
As heavy rains continued to lash various parts of Kerala, two more shutters of the Cheruthoni Dam, part of the Idukki Reservoir, were opened today as the water level touched 2,401 feet. For the first time in the last 26 years, a shutter of the Cheruthoni Dam was opened yesterday and two...
10:09
A 28-year-old woman was allegedly raped by four men in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, the police said today. The woman, who lives in the S R Nagar area in Hyderabad, told the police that the incident took place in March, but she did not approach the police then, they said. As...
09:14
Pakistani vocalist Atif Aslam has been trolled on social media and also criticised by the country's mainstream media, for singing an Indian song at a Pakistan Independence Day function in New York earlier this month. Atif, who has lent his voice to many Bollywood songs, sang one of his...
09:12
A huge quantity of explosives, suspected to be RDX, was found at Nallasopara in Palghar district of Maharashtra, police said. The explosives were found at Bhandar aali in Nallasopara west, they added.After getting information about the explosives, officials of the Maharashtra ATS and senior...
09:07
The Centre will make a fresh attempt in Rajya Sabha today to clear the draft law making instant triple talaq a criminal offence. TOday is the last day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament and the government could introduce amendments in Rajya Sabha. If the bill is cleared by the upper...
08:33
President Donald Trump's Slovenian in-laws became United States citizens through chain migration, a programme he has repeatedly denounced, in which adult American citizens can obtain citizenship for their relatives. First Lady Melania Trump's parents, Viktor and Amalija Knavs, became US...
00:04
Three boys from the Wild Boar soccer team and their coach, who were rescued from deep within a flooded cave in Thailand last month, have been granted Thai citizenship.In a ceremony in Chiang Rai province, the Mae Sai district chief approved citizenship for Ardoon Sam-aon, Mongkol Boompiam,...
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